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" SANDERSON @L SHATTUCK Seed Planer.

Patented -May 26, 1868,

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i Witness es M6 @uitrit tetra aient @fitte E. W. SAl-YDERSON AND` W. A. SHATTUCIQOF HILLSBORO CONTSL'NEW HAMPSHIRE,

ASSIGNORS TO THEMSELVES,"BENJAI\UN WHITING, AND 3'. MILLER. .l

Letters PatentNo: 78,396,'dated May 2b', 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND SEED-sourses.

To ALL WHOM 1T MAY coNoERN:

Be it known that we,)E. W. SANDERSON and W. A. SHATTUCK, both of the county oi' Hillsboro, and kin the State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Seed-sewers; and do hereby declarethat the following' is a. full, clear, and enact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed draWin, 1;s,I forming part of this specification- Figure 1 represents a. plan View of the machine.

Figure 2, a side sectional view of the same; and

Figure 3 is a view of a. substitute for'the plough.

Figure 4 is a view ofthe cylinder with its grooves.

- VA represents a cylinder or rller insideot` the seed-hopper B, and fastened to the axle of the wheels C, so

that it revolves at the same time with them. A v v This cylinder -A is grooved, and has a metal strap, D, over it in such a manner that the seed can pass in the grooves and under the strap out, and drop in the ground. The lower cud of the 'strap D is fastened to the Ytongue E of the machine, and can be raised or lowered on top of the cylinder by means of the screw F, as shown in iig. '2. The plough Gr, in front of the seed-hopper B, is fastened insuch vu manner-that whenv the plough should happen to Vstrike any. roots or other hard substance it will slightly give by means of thespring H, which rests on a rod, I, in the projecting front part of the hopper. The advantages of this improvement are that by changing the straps D, having them of ditl'erent sizes, the machine can be adapted to any kind of seed,theseeds are not broken, and, by using a larger roller or cylinder, any number of grooves can be' used. v I

.Having thus fully described our invention, whatwe claim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Paten-t, is- 1. The cylinder A, with grooves and straps -D, 'made and arranged and operating with screw F, substantially as and for the purposes set fort-li, i

2. The arrangement of the plough G with spring H, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes-above set forth.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing, we have hereunto serl our hands, this 8th day'of April, 1868.

E. W. SANDERSON, W. A. SHATTUCK.

Witnesses:

HIRAM CAMPBELL, E. P. EMERSON. 

